Stand



March 26, 1940. T. scHAEFFER STAND Filed Aug. 4, 1939 Inventor A itome ys t urnlllNdlIIIIIIZIIIIIIIISIIII Patented Mar. 26, 1940 UNITED "STATES vallei-ills?v rATlzNT OFFICE 5 1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in stands for use more particularly in service stations, garages and the like.

The invention is designed with the particular 5 purpose in view of providing a combination display and service stand for automobile batteries, either sale or rental, designed to support a large number of batteries Within convenient reach for removal and for displaying in attractive arrangement and in any desired location and equipped with record means for identifying sales, or rentals, so that confusion in suchy transactions will not occur. f

Another object is to provide a device of the l5 character and for the purpose above set forth which is strong and durable, will occupy a minimu'm amount of oor space,'is economical to manufacture, and easily kept clean.

To the accomplishment of the above, and subordinate objects presently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, set forth in detail in the succeeding description, and defined in the claim appended hereto.

In said drawing- Figure l is a View in front elevation of the preferred embodiment of the invention, and

Figure 2 is a View in side elevation.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, in the preferred embodiment illustrated, the stand of my invention is 'a skeleton structure comprising side pairs of front and rear legs I, 2 respectively, the rear legs 2 bei-ng vertical so that the stand may be fitted flat against a Wall if desired, and the front legs I inclining downwardly and forwardly to lend stability to the stand, horizontal side bars 3 secured to the legs I and 2 of each pair,

3 being riveted to the legs I and 2, as at 6, `and the front and rear bars 4, 5 similarly connected to the side bars3 as at 1. A pair of diagonal 50 corner brace bars 8 of strap-like form are riveted, as at 9, to the topmost rear bar 5 and the rear legs 2. A flat tie bar I0 connects each pair of front and rear bars 4, 5 in the transverse center of the pair and is riveted thereto 55 as at Il. The ends of the side bars 3 extend (o1. zii-137) of each pair 4, 5, below the top pair is secured 10 to its related side bars 3 iiush with the front ends thereof so that these pairs of bars 4, 5 n form the sides of steppedskeleton shelves for supporting the rows of batteries in stepped arrangement. Each of these pairs of bars 4, 5 l5 is designed to support, side by side, a given` number of batteries and the front bars 4 are numbered, as at I2, in accordance with the number of batteries the stand will hold so that each battery may have a number corresponding to its 20.'

location on the stand.

Surmounting the described stand, is an upright rectangular record panel I3 riveted at its ends,

as at I4, to a pair of upright bars I5 suitably secured to the top side bars 3 respectively. The g5 panel I3 is lined horizontally, as at I6, and divided centrally by a line I'I to provide right and left-hand column zones for recording of names therein. There are the same number of lines in the two columns as there are battery numbers 30 I2 and the lines I6 are numbered, as at Il, successively in the usual manner in correspondence with the numbering I2 so that by writing inthe name of a renter or buyer of a selected battery in the correspondingly numbered line, 35 y y a record of the transaction may be kept. 'I'he panel I3 is of a material from which the writing may be erased. An appropriate legend, as at I8, designates the panel I3 in accordance with the use for which it is designed.

ceptible of modification without departing from the inventive concept and right is herein reserved i to such modifications asfall within the scope of the subjoined claim.

What I claim is:

A stand for automobile batteries comprising a skeleton frame of angle iron bars including front and rear corner legs forming end pairs, the `front legs inclining upwardly and rearwardly, vertically spaced end cross bars of progressively shorter lengths from bottomv to top connecting 66' I each pair of legs together and extending forwardly of the front legs of the pairs- With the front ends thereof terminating in stepped formation,

`the cross bars being spaced to provide opposed pairs at the same level on opposite pairs of front and rear legs, respectively, longitudinal front bars secured at the `ends thereof on top of said pairs of cross bars, respectively, flush with the outer ends thereof, and similar longitudinal bars 

